I’m still in Sumatra. My current tourist visa is expiring in a few days, and I’m on my way to a town called Siantar to visit the immigration office and apply for a 30-day extension. This may or may not go well. You need official documents from a local sponsor in order to get a visa extension. I have a sponsor and the documents already prepared, but this sponsor lives in the town of Kisiran, not in Siantar.
Shivering bunny rabbits and Independence Day preparations in Kisaran, Sumatra.
Walking along the streets of Kisaran, Sumatra.
The final video clips from my trip to see some rice paddies outside Kisaran in Sumatra. Evy and I return
I go with Evy when she visits a friend’s palm oil farm. I watch as the men cut down the
At lunchtime, I hopped on the back of Evy’s motorcycle for a trip to a local market in a small
I watch and learn as Evy and her worker prepare a diluted mixture of water and pesticide and then spray
I check out how the rice paddies are divided into sections with low mud dividers. With these, the farmers can
Evy and her worker set up a water pump to irrigate her rice fields. There had been little rain, and
I see rice seedlings being replanted, and I confess how difficult I find any kind of farmwork or gardening.